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TREASURER u 8 Sheets-Sheet 8 Patented Jan. 30, 1940 UNITED STATESDUPLICATING APPARATUS Hubert Jagger, Chicago, Ill., assigncr to Ditto,Incorporated, Chicago, 111., a. corporation of West Virginia ApplicationOctober 27,

13 Claims.

This invention relates to duplicating machines of the type illustratedand claimed by United States Letters Patent No. 2,130,962, datedSeptember 20, 1938, and adapted particularly for use with pay rolls forthe preparation of pay checks or pay envelopes therefrom. It is theprincipal object of this invention to provide in connection with amachine of this type a suitable arrangement of supporting and guidingmeans for record cards so as to permit the data to be transferredconveniently and efiectively from the duplicating band of the machine tosuch cards at any desired points on the cards.

In the use of the machine in question as disclosed by the prior patentabove mentioned, a

pay roll summary is prepared in hectograph ink,

upon a master sheet and transferred thence to a hectograph duplicatingpad, the master sheet being printed in positive form so as to have areverse copy on the duplicating pad. In its usual form as preferably tobe used with said patented machine, the pay rollsummary comprises datawith respect to the work of a considerable number of employees arrangedin the form of a table, with successive crosslines of data relating todifferent workers whose names are preferably included as a part of thedata. The machine of the patent is provided with means by which acarriage adapted to support a pay envelope or a pay check is moved stepby step on the bed of the machine into operative position with respectto the succeeding lines of data so as to copy such data one line at atime upon a series of such checks or envelopes fed into position on thecarriage.

The present invention comprises all of the features of the patentedmachine in connection with means for presenting record cards in therequired critical positions with respect to the successive weekly payroll summaries so as to transfer to a single card all of the datarelating to the work of an individual employee as shown on all of thepay roll summaries for a year, or other suitable period as may beselected. For each pay roll summary covering a seven day period andcontaining data on successive lines with respect to a number of workers,there will be a corresponding number of individual record cards arrangedfor receiving at successive lines the data from fifty-two successivesummaries, for example, so as to cover a period of a year. The work tobe performed by this improved machine comprises, in its preferredapplication, copying for the first week of the year the data from thesummary for that week on the twenty-six individual record 1938, SerialNo. 237,169

cards and copying for each succeeding week the data from thecorresponding summary likewise on the twenty-six individual recordcards. The data making up the summary for the first Week as shown by themaster sheet for such first week is copied on the first lines of theseveral record cards, and the data for each succeeding week is copied onthe corresponding lines of the twentysix record cards. In this way, thedata from the summary for the first week is divided amongst the firstlines of twenty-six cards, the data from the summary for the second weekis divided amongst the second lines of the same twentysix record cards,etc., the names of the workers appearing in the same order and in thesame rel- H 'ative positions on succeeding summaries. For attaining thedesired results as above outlined, a tray or table has been provided onthe carriage of the patented machine in position to support a recordcard below the platen roller or other pressure member by which a copysheet is pressed against the duplicating pad for a printing operation,such tray having a transverse opening therein through which a portion ofthe record card is depressed for operative engagement with the gelatinfacing of the duplicating pad. Upon this tray or table, there isprovided suitable margin bar means adjustably mounted in position so asto bring any desired line of a card positioned thereby into the criticalprinting position for receiving data from the duplicating band. In theuse of the improved arrangement for attaining the novel results desired,the position of the carriage controls the line of the summary to beprinted, and the position of the card on the carriage as regulated bythe margin" bar means controls the point on the card at which theprinting is efiected. Ordinarily the several lines of each pay rollsummary are to be printed successively under the control of the step bystep movement of the carriage, Under ordi-- nary circumstances, thepositions of successive record cards for a printing operation inconnection with any weeks pay roll summary are to be the same,that is tosay, if the copy is to be placed on the fifteenth line of one recordcard it is to be placed on the fifteenth line of the acthe positions ofthe names and accompanying data on the duplicating pad as transferredfrom the master sheet.

For attaining the desired results easily by the use of a simplestructure readily understood and manipulated, and by a structureinvolving a minimum number of parts arranged compactly and conveniently,a margin bar has been provided adjustable along one portion of the trayfor engagement with the top edge of a record card and adjustable alonganother portion of the tray for engagement with the bottom edge of therecord card, the arrangement being such that the adjustment at one pointhas a continuation ef feet with respect to the adjustment at the otherpoint.

For giving a maximum of accessibility to the duplicating pad forassisting in the operation of stripping cards or other copy sheets fromthe pad after the printing operation, one end portion of the tray ortable has been mounted so as to be capable of swinging upwardly out ofthe way. In the preferred form of construction, supporting wheels havebeen provided on the tray or table adapted by engagement with theframework of the machine to assist in supporting the tray so as to havean easy and smooth movement along the bed.

t is another object of the invention to improve devices of this type insundry details hereinafter pointed out. The preferred means by which theseveral objects of the invention have been attained are shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a side view of the improvedmachine;

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view showing fragmentary parts of the frameworkand operating.

means as seen from the left in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially at the line 33of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the machine as shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view on an enlarged scale of a portion of themachine as shown in' Fig. 4, with an individual employees record card inposition on the machine, and with the carriage moved to the limit of itsmotion toward the left in said figure;

Figs. 6 and 7 are vertical sectional views taken substantially at theline 6-5 and the line 'l--1 respectively of Fig. 4;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 but showing a changed position of theparts;

Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view taken on an enlarged scalesubstantially at the line 9--9 of Fig. 5;

10 is a top plan view of a fragmentary portion at one end of the frontmargin bar;

Fig. 11 is an edge view of a portion of said margin bar;

Figs. 12 and 13 are vertical sectional views taken on an enlarged scaleat the line 12-12 and the line i3-l3 respectively of Fig. 5;

Fig. 14 is a perspective view of a clip by which the margin bar is heldre'leasably in adjusted position;

Fig. 15 is a diagrammatic View showing on an enlarged scale certain ofthe framework and operating parts, as seen in Fig. 1, with some of theparts broken away and with other parts omitted;

Fig. 16 is a face view of a master sheet illustrating a blank partiallyfilled out for showing the pay roll data for one weeks operation;

Fig, 17 is a face view of an individual workers record card, partiallyfilled out by transfer of data from the master sheet of Fig. 16; and

Fig. 18 is a face view of a pay check filled out by transfer ofappropriate data from said master sheet.

The improved machine forming the subject matter of this application isdesigned for use in connection with a pay roll summary such as thatshown on the face of a master sheet 25 as illustrated in Fig. 16 of thedrawings, such master sheet having data thereon prepared with hectographink in tabular form, the master sheet shown being provided withtwenty-six numbered lines or spaces transversely thereof for the namesof twenty-six workers, the particular arrangement shown in said Fig. 16being applicable to operations for a week. A new pay roll summarysimilar to that shown on the master sheet 25 would of course be providedfor each week of operation.

An individual record card 26 is shown in Fig. 1'7, such card having thename of the worker at the top and being provided with twenty-six linesbelow for the application of pay roll data from week to week thereto,such card being applicable to a half years work. The card 26 ispreferably arranged in the same way on its opposite face so as to beapplicable also to a second six months period. The card 28 as shownapplies to the worker John Doe whose name appears at the first line ofthe pay roll summary as shown on the master sheet 25, such nameappearing also at a corresponding point upon each successive pay rollsummary from week to week. The invention contemplates the application ofthe data from the first line of the pay roll summary for the first weekof a year to the first line of the card 26, the application of the datafrom the first line of the pay roll summary for the second week of theyear 1 to the second line of the card 26, and so on throughout the year.The data from the master sheet 25 as applied to the record card 26 isfound in line thirteen of the card, showing that the pay roll summary asshown upon the master sheet 25 is for the thirteenth week of the yearlyperiod.

A pay roll check 2? is shown in Fig. 18 containing the data from thethirteenth line of the record card 26.

The machine for making the desired reprints of the data from the mastersheet to the individual record cards and to the pay roll checks, or topay roll envelopes if desired, is substantially like that shown inLetters Patent No. 2,130,962

above mentioned, the mechanism as shown in said patent having hadcertain additions thereto as hereinafter set forth. The description ofthe machine and its operation will be made comparatively brief in viewof its similarity in large part to the patented structure.

As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the machine of this applicationcomprises a frame 28 supported in the arrangement shown from a table orcabinet 29. In the arrangement shown, the frame 28 comprises twooppositely disposed frame bars 39 (see Fig. 3) upon which other framebars 3| are mounted so as to provide a longitudinally extending slot 32at each side of the machine. Underneath the bars 3|, there is mounted atransversely extending frame member 33 which has upwardly extending armportions 34 at its ends in slightly spaced relation to the side faces ofthe frame bars 3|. Upon the upper ends of the arms 34, there isreleasably mounted a transverse frame member 35. The frame members 33'and constitute the'p'rincipal carrying parts which are adapted to bemoved back and forth over the frame 28, the member 35 and the partscarried thereby being termed the carriage, and the member 33 and theparts immediately associated therewith being termed a second carriage.The two carriages are releasably connected together by any suitablemeans not shown.

The means for mounting the carriages movably upon the frame 28 comprisesbars 36 car.- ried by the frame member 33 slidably connected with achannel structure 31 by means of bearing balls 38, the channel structure31 being connected in any suitable manner withthe frame bar. 3| at .eachside of the machine.

Between the frame bars 3| there is mounted a bed plate 39of anyapprovedform over which a duplicating pad or band 49 is stretched, suchduplicating pad being preferably of .thetype having a gelatinized facesoas to be capable of receiving the ink from the master sheet 25 in aWell understood manner- The means for mounting the duplicating pad inposition so as to be adjustable thereon is not illustrated, sinceitforms in and of itself no part of the present invention. An operatingmember 4| is shown in Figs. 1 .and 4 for effecting an adjustment of theduplicating band.

Upon the frame plate 35, there is mounted a housing 42 of sheet metalpressed into form, :as is best shown in Figs. 6 and '1, suchhousingextending across the machine from one side to the vother,.as isclearly shown in Fig. 4. Within the housing 42, there is mounted aplaten roller 43 so as to be free to rotate and so as to be movable.vertically toward and from the duplicating pad. .49. In the arrangementshown, the platen roller 43 is mounted by means .of a shaft 44 journaled.at its ends in the arms of a yoke 45 which is pivotally mounted upon ashaft 46 journaled at its ends in the end walls of the housing 42. Forturning the shaft 45 so as to swing the yoke 45 and...the platen roller43 vertically toward and from the duplicating pad, a handle 41 ismounted upon the shaft at an intermediate point therealong, such handlebeing provided with a for- .wardly extending lug 48 thereon (see Fig.6). The

arrangement is such that when the lever or handle 41 is standing in itsnormal position as shown in Fig. 7 the platen roller 43 is held inraised position as shown in Fig. 7, the platen roller being given anoperative stroke downwardly toward by means of brackets 52 which in turnare pivotally mounted upon pins or rivets 53 carried by the end walls ofthe housing 42. Coiled springs 54 are connected at their inner ends withthe brackets 52 and at their forward ends with the shaft 46 servingnormally to hold the brackets in the position as shown in Fig. 7 withthe margin bar 5| in substantial alignment with the tray 49 so asnormally to engage the forward edge of a check or other copysheetcarried by said tray. The arms of the yoke 45 are provided with pins 55in position to engage the brackets 52 upon the frame bar 33 (see Fig.3).

downward movement of the yoke so aszto'swing the brackets and the marginbar 5| in clockwise direction from the position as shown in-Fig. 7 tothe position as shown in Figs. 6 and 8 against the action of the springs54. A spring 56 is provided upon the shaft 46 so as to engage the yoke45 serving normally to hold the lever orhandle 41 in substantiallyvertical position as shown in Fig. 7, with the platen roller 43 inraised position. A pressure roller 51 is journaled in position adjacentto the platenroller 43 so as to be adapted by cooperation with theplaten roller to grip a copy sheet such as the check 59 when pusheddownwardly by the platen roller as shown in Fig. 8. V

Upon the front face of the housing 42, a transversely extending lever 58is pivotally mounted by means of a pin or rivet 58a (see Fig.2), suchlever 58 having its inner end positioned underneath the lug 48 carriedby the handle or lever 41. The arrangement is such that upon for wardmovement of the lever 41 from the position as shown in Fig. 8 to thenormal position as shown in Fig. '7, the lever 58 is swung incounterclockwise direction. in Fig. 2 for raising its outer end foreffecting a movement of associated means as hereinafter described. I v

The means for giving the carriage a step by step movement toward theright in Figs. 1 and 6 comprises a pair of levers 59 and 69 which havereleasable engagement with a rack bar 61 car ried by the frame 28. Thelever 59, as is best shown in Fig. 15, is pivotally connected by meansof a pin or rivet 59a. at an intermediate point with a bellcrank lever62 which is pivotally mounted upon a pin or bolt 63 carried by .a

longitudinally extending bar 64 mounted upon As is best shown in Fig.15, the bar 64 is connected with the frame member 33 by means of machinescrews .SDaced relation to each other.

Upon the pin or bolt 63 adjacent to the bellcrank lever 62, there areprovided two short arms or levers 69 and 10 with a ratchet wheel 1|mounted therebetween, all of such parts being loosely mounted upon saidbolt 63. Between the free forward ends of the levers 69 and 10, there ismounted a pawl 12 having its rear end in engagement with the ratchet;wheel 1| so that upon movement of the arms or levers 69' and 19 inclockwise direction in Fig. 15; the ratchet wheel is given acorresponding rotary movement. A second paw1'13 is likewise mounted soas to engage the ratchet wheel 1|, such pawl 13 being pivotally mountedupon the arm 34 of the frame member 33 (see Figs. 3 and 15). The pawl 13normally is supported in full operative engagement with the ratchetwheel 1| by an arm 14 rising from the lever 69. The lever is pivotallymounted by means of a bolt '15 upon a bracket 16 carried by the arm 34of the frame member 33.

.nected by. means of a spring 19 with the machine screw'66 directlyabove sovas to hold the lever 60 normally turned to the limit of itsjmovement, in counterclockwise directionin Fig.

15. A spring 88 connected between the downwardly extending arm of thebellcrank lever 82 and a suitable portion of the framework servesnormally to hold the bellcrank lever turned to the limit of its movementin counterclockwise direction in said Fig. 15. A flat spring 8| carriedby the bracket 16 and bearing on the lever 59 normally holds such leverturned to the limit of its motion in counterclockwise direction in saidFig. 15.

As is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 15, the rack bar 6| is provided witha plurality of substantially square notches 82 arranged in spacedrelation to each other therealong, together with.

a substantially V-shaped notch 83 in its forward end. For convenience ofreference thereto, the first two of the square notches at the forwardend of the bar 6| are designated as 82a and 82?), respectively (see Fig.15). The forward end portions of the levers 59 and 68 are turneddownwardly to provide arms or lugs 84 and 85 thereon, the lug 84 beingshaped to-conform to the shape of the notch 83. The lower end portion ofthe lug 85 of the lever 69 is turned into horizontal position so as toprovide an engaging portion 86 in position to engage one or another ofthe notches 82 in the rack bar 6|.

With the parts in the arrangement as shown in Fig. '7, with the handleor lever -81 in its normal substantially upright position, and with thelug 86 of the lever 69 engaging the notch "82a of the rack bar 6|, thelever 58 will be standing with its inner end depressed and its outer endraised so as to hold the arms 69 and 10 in their uppermost position,such arms in this position serving by engagement with the lug 68 on thebellcrank lever 62 to hold the lever 62 swung backwardly to the-limit ofits motion about the pivot pin 59:. In this position of the parts, thelug 84 of-the lever 59 will be standing in engagement with the top faceof the rack bar6| at the left of the notch "83.

Under these conditions, a blank check "50 will be placed face downwardlyupon the obliquely disposed supporting tray 49 and moved'downwardly intoengagement with the marginbar whereupon the machine is ready for an-'operative stroke of the handle or 1ever-'4'l backwardly for printingdata from the duplicating pad 40 upon the check. Upon the initialmovement of the lever 41 backwardly, the lever 58 is swung in clockwisedirection in Fig. 2 "for permitting the spring 1! to swing the'arms 69and 19 downwardly and to swing "the bellcrank lever 62 incounterclockwise direction inFig. 15 for carrying the lever 59 intoposition for permitting the lug '84 to engage the notch 83 of the rackbar 6| under the influence of the'flat spring 8|. Upon the continuedmovement of the lever 47 backwardly, the platen roller 43 is broughtinto operative engagement with the check 59 which is pressed downwardlyby the platen roller into operative engagement with the duplicating pad46 for a transfer of thefirst line of printing from thepad 40 tothe-check.

After the proper pressure has been applied upon the check 58, the leverisagain moved manually to its normal forward position. The arrangementof the parts is such that upon the upward movement of the platen roller43 such roller cooperates withthe pressure roller 51 for stripping thecheck from the gelatin pad- 4:9. At the same time, the lugQB-byengagement'vvith the lever 58 causes the-outer end of said'lever-58to-move upwardly for raising the arms 69' and so as to give the pawlI2 an operative stroke for rotating the ratchet wheel H in clockwisedirection in Fig. 15. This rotation of the ratchet wheel 1| serves toforce the pawl 13 downwardly by a camming action thereon so as to pressdownwardly on the arm 14 carried by the lever 68 for causing such lever66 to swing in clockwise direction in Fig. out of engagement with --therack bar 6| against the action of the spring 19. As the upward swingingmovement of the arms 69 and lll'continues, such arms are brought intoengagement with the lug 68 carried by the bellcrank lever 62, afterwhich the still further continued upward swinging of the arms causes thebellcrank lever to swing backwardly about the pivot pin 590. so as tocarry the pin 63 and the carriage upon which such pin is mounted towardthe right in Fig. 15 for bringing the lug 86 of the lever 60 intoposition directly above the notch 82?) of the rack bar 6|. Thearrangement is such that at the time when the lug '86 comes opposite tosaid notch 82b in the rack bar, the ratchet wheel H in its rotarymovement reaches such a position that the pawl 13 clears the engagedtooth of the ratchet wheel so as to permit the spring '19 to swing thelever 59 in counterclockwise direction in Fig. 15 for bringing the lug86 into engagement with said notch 82b and for bringing the pawl 13 intoengagement with the next adjacent tooth of the ratchet wheel.

At the end of the step of operation as above described, the handle orlever 41 will be again in substantially upright position, with the lever68 engaging the notch 62b of the rack bar 6|, and with the downwardlyprojecting lug 84 of the lever 59 engaging the notch 83, the bellcranklever 62 being held then against a return swinging movement to theposition as shown in Fig. 15 by the lever 58 which continues to hold thearms 69 and 16 at this time in their uppermost position. Upon the nextsubsequent stroke of the handle or lever backwardly after the insertionof a new check upon the tray 89, the arms 85 and 19 are moved downwardlyagain by the spring '51 as above described, such spring 11 serving alsoto move the bellcrank lever 62 in counter-clockwise direction about thepin 63 to the position as shown in said Fig. 15, suchcounter-clockwisemovement of the lever 62 serving to shift the lever 58from its engagement with the notch 83 to engagement with the notch 820.

As is clearly shown in Fig. 1, the frame bar 3| at the near side of themachine is provided with a forwardly projecting lug 81 which is heldadjustably in position, in the arrangement shown, by a mechanismcomprising a set-screw 88. At the forward end of the machine, a bracket89 is provided, pivotally mounted upon a horizontal axisso as to bemovable into and out of positiorf in alignment with the lug 81, suchbracket in the arrangement shown being in the form of an angle barcomprising a vertically extending arm by which the bracket is swinginglymounted in position and a longitudinally extending arm fixedly mountedon the end of the vertically disposed arm.

Upon the frame member 34 of the carriage, there is'mounted an arm orlever 99 adapted to swing 'backwardly and forwardly about a transversehorizontal axis and provided with a pin 9| at its end extendingtransversely of the machine into position between the lug 81 and thebracket 89. The arrangement is such that, upon backward movement of thecarriagetowardthe right '1 position.

in- Fig. -1 to the limit of its movement, the pin 9| is brought intoengagement with the lug 81 so as to swing the lever 90 toward the leftin Fig. 1 into engagement with a stop pin 90a carried by the carriageframe member 34. In this movement of the lever 99, the pin 9| pushesdownwardly on the levers 59 and 60 at their rear end portions so as tolift the forward ends of such levers out of engagement with the rack barGI against the action of the springs BI and I9. Inasmuch as the lever 90and the pin 9| in their movement toward the left in Fig. 1 by contactwith the lug 81 as above described move into pastcenter position withrespect to the axis of said lever 99, the levers 59 and BI! are ofcourse retained in their inoperative position until such lever 90 isswung again toward the right into its normal position as shown in Fig.15. The arrangement is such that, when the carriage is moved to thelimit of its'motion toward the left in said Fig. 15, with the bracket 89in its operative raised position as shown in solid lines, the bracket 89engages the pin 9I so as to swing the lever 90 again into its normalposition as shown i' in Fig. 1.

- In Fig. 5, the carriage is shown at the forward limit of its motion,with the pin 9| and the lever 90 already moved backwardly by engagementwith the bracket 89, the parts being in condition for the movement ofthe carriage toward the right into the position as shown in Fig. 1. Insuch movement of the carriage, the lever 60 with its broad engaging lug86 is held out of engagement with the V-shaped notch 83 but is permittedto'drop into engagement with the first square notch 8211' at the left asshown in said figure so as .to stop the backward movement of thecarriage. Under these circumstances, the lever 59 stands in positionwith its lug 84 engaging the top face of the rack barBI at the left ofthe notch 83, the lever 59 being adapted to remain in this positionuntil the bellcrank lever 62 is swung in counter-clockwise direction inFig. into the position as there shown, which movement of the bellcranklever takes place upon the next succeeding movement of the handle orlever 41 backwardly into the position as shown in Fig.- 6 and beingtimed to occur at about the time when the platen roller 43 reaches itslowermost It .will be understood that the lever 90 may be movedmanually, independently of the action of the lug 8! and the bracket 89,into its operative position-in which it holds the levers 59 and 60 outof engagement with the rack bar 6|. It will be understood alsothat whenthe lever 90 is in its forward operative position, with the bracket 89swung downwardly out of its. operative position, the carriage is thenfree to move back and forth to the limit of its motion in eitherdirection so as to becapable then of being employed like an ordinaryhectograph duplicating machine independently of any step by stepforwarding movement of the carriage.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings, a record card 26 is mounted in positionunderneath the platen roller 43, the pressure roller 51, and the tray49. As is explained above, for the desired operation of the machine, therecord card 26 must be mounted so asto be adjustable with respect to thecarriage so as to bring different portions of the card at differenttimes to the printing position in the machine.

For carrying out this purpose, a tray or table 92 is-providedinsubstantially horizontal position upon the carriage. This tray 92comprises a piece of sheet metal fixedly mounted upon the housing 42underneath the platen roller, such tray being provided with supportingwheels 93 at its rear edge portion in position to run upon the framebars 3|, as is clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5. At its forward edgeportion, the tray com-- prises a portion in the form of a leaf 94hingedly mounted at 95 upon the plate 92, the leaf 94 being providedwith supporting wheels 96 thereon likewise in position to run upon saidframe bars M.

is made detachable in the construction illustrated by the provision ofnotched hinge plates 95a adapted to be mounted in position upon the traymember 92 by means of cups 91 pressed downwardly on machine screws 98 bysprings 99.

At opposite sides of the machine, the tray,

comprising the tray member 92- and the leaf 94, is provided with sidebars I90 and II] I, respectively, rigidly secured in position, such sidebars being provided with notches I02 in their inner faces for thereception of tongues: I93 formed upon the opposite ends ofa transversemargin bar I04. The notches I02 in the side bars I00 and II are spacedlongitudinally of the side bars at a distance from each other.therealong corresponding to the spacing of the lines on the body of thecard 26. As a result of this arrangement, when the margin bar I04 istransferred from one set of notches I92 to the adjacent set of notchesthe card whose position is controlled by edge contact with the marginbar isshifted so as to bring a different one of the lined spaces thereoninto thecriticalprinting position with respect to the platen roller 43.F

For assistance in keepingthe margin bar in position, the bar isprovidedwith a plurality of downwardly projecting pins I05 therealongwhich fit into openings. I06 in the tray. Spring clips I91 are alsoprovided, as-is best shown in Fig. 14, adapted to be slipped intoposition upon the outer edges of the side bars I00 and IM so as tooverlie-the ends of the margin bar, as is best shown in Fig. 12. As will"be readily understood, the spring clips I01 while in position preventthe removalof the margin bar from its adjusted arrangement. I

-Upon the margin bar I94, there is preferably provided a margin deviceI08 which in the arrangement shown is held in position by a screw I09which engages a threaded opening in the margin bar.

As is clearly shown in Fig. 5, the notches I92 arenumbered-consecutively from I to I3 at the left, and from I4 to 26 atthe right. .As will be readily understood, when the margin bar is in thethirteenth notch position as shown in Fig. 5, the card 26 by engagementtherewith is held in position for receiving a line of printing on thethirteenth line of the card. When it is desired thereafter-to. print atthe fourteenth line of the card, the margin bar I94 is shifted from thenumber I3 notches at the left to the number I4 notches at the right,whereupon the end of the card at the right is used as a guide ratherthan the end of the, card at the left as shown in said Fig. 5. By thisarrangement, the machine is madevery simple and very convenient for usewhile at the same time the size of the tray comprising the member 92 andthe leaf 9% is kept to a minimum.

With the duplicating band of the machine pro- Vided with datafrom a payroll summary for the thirteenth week of a year, or other selectedperiod, and with twenty-six cards at hand corresponding to the workerswhose data is set forth on the master sheet reproduced in reverse on theduplicating band, the carriage is first set in the position as shown inFig. 4, with the numeral l upon the side bar 3! of the machine appearingat the front edge of the carriage, such numeral I being one of a seriesof munerals at NO. The margin bar I04 will also be set at the thirteenthnotch position as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 so as to insure that theentries on the several cards shall be made at the thirteenth line ineach instance. With the handle or lever 41 in the position as shown inFig. '7, the first one of the record cards is placed in position uponthe tray 92-94, as shown in Fig. 6, with one end against the margin barM4 at the front of the machine. The lever 41 is then moved backwardly tothe position as shown in Fig. 6 for causing the platen roller 43 topress the card 26 against the duplicating pad 40, a transverse slot Illbeing provided in the tray for permitting the card to be presseddownwardly into engagement with the pad. After the first line of thesubject matter on the duplicating pad has been thus printed upon thethirteenth line of the card 26 in the machine, the lever 4! is swungforwardly for raising the platen roller 43 and for shifting the positionof the carriage as above described. The next succeeding card 26 is thenplaced in position, and the process is repeated just as above described,except that upon the second card the second line of the data on theduplicating pad is reproduced at the thirteenth line of such secondcard.

After the twenty-six cards 26 have been run through the machine asdescribed, the carriage may then be moved again into the position asshown in Fig. 4 for printing pay checks in the same order, the carriagebeing given a step by step movement so as to present the checks in turnat different lines of the data on the duplicating pad. For printing thepay checks, the margin bar 5! would be employed as shown in Fig. '7,rather than the margin bar I04 as described in connection with therecord cards.

If it is desired that additional copies of the pay roll summary as awhole be prepared, the bracket 39 would be moved downwardly out ofoperative position into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. l,and the lever or arm would be moved toward the left in Fig. 1 so as tohold the levers 59 and 60 out of engagement with the rack bar 6i. Thecarriage would then be brought again to the position as shown in Fig.4:, whereupon a copy sheet of any suitable type would be positioned uponthe tray 9294, preferably in centered position with respect to the datato be copied. The lever or handle 41 would then be pressed backwardlyinto the position shown in Fig. 6 and the carriage would be movedbackwardly by pressure on said handle 41 so as to cause the platenroller 43 to transverse the full length of the subject matter on theduplicating band, after which the copy sheet would be stripped from theband. For accomplishing the stripping operation, the leaf 94 of the traywould preferably be swung upwardly on the hinges 95 so as to enable theoperator to have access to a large degree to the face of the duplicatingpad.

While the arrangement as shown and described is preferred, it is to beunderstood that the invention is not to be limited to the constructionand arrangement shown except so far as the claims may be so limited, itbeing understood that changes might well be made from what isillustrated without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

I claim:

1. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting a duplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said frame, means for holding a copy sheet in any one ofa plurality of adjusted positions'with respect to said carriagelongitudinally of the machine, and means for pressing a portion only ofsaid copy sheet into operative copying relation to said duplicating pad.

2. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting a duplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said frame, means on said carriage for holding a copysheet in sharply inclined position above said duplicating machine, meanson said carriage for supporting a copy sheet alternatively insubstantially flat horizontal position in any of a plurality ofdifferent positions of adjustment with respect to the carriagelongitudinally of the machine, and means for pressing a portion only ofsaid copy sheet in either of said two positions into operative copyingrelation to said duplicating pad.

3. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting a duplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said frame, a platen mounted on said carriage andmovablevertically thereon, tray means on said carriage located partiallyin front of said platen and partially behind it for supporting a copysheet in substantially horizontal position underneath the platen, marginbar means adjustable toward and from said platen on said tray means, andmeans for moving said platen downwardly for pressing a portion only ofsaid copy sheet into operative copying relation to said duplicating pad.

4. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting a duplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said frame, a platen mounted on said carriage andmovable vertically thereon, means carried by said carriage for holding acopy sheet in substantially horizontal position underneath said platenin downwardly spaced relation thereto, margin bar means adjustablymounted on said holding means in widely spaced relation horizontallywith respect to said platen for holding the copy sheet in any of aplurality of different adjusted positions with respect to the platen,and means for moving said platen downwardly for pressing a portion onlyof said copy sheet into operative copying relation to said duplicatingpad.

5. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting a duplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said frame, a platen roller rotatably mounted on saidcarriage and movable vertically thereon, margin bar means normallylocated beneath said platen roller, means actuated upon a downwardadjustable toward and from said platen roller for adjusting said copysheet to any of a plurality of different positions on the tray means,-and means for moving said platen roller downwardly for pressing aportion of said copy sheet into operative copying relation to saidduplicating pad after each step of movement of the carriagehorizontally.

6. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting a duplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said frame, a platen mounted on said carriage andmovable vertically thereon, a tray interposed between said platen andsaid duplicating pad for supporting a copy sheet in substantiallyhorizontal position and having an opening therein through which anintermediate portion of the copy sheet is moved by said platen intocopying relation with said duplicating pad, and means for moving saidplaten toward and from said duplicating pad.

'7. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting a duplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said frame,

a platen mounted on said carriage and movable vertically thereon, a trayinterposed between said platen and said duplicating pad for supporting acopy sheet in substantially horizontal position and having an openingtherein through which a portion of the copy sheet is moved by saidplaten into copying relation with said duplicating pad, means on saidtray for holding a copy sheet in adjusted position horizontally withrespect thereto for bringing different selected portions of the copysheet into position above said opening in the tray, and means for movingsaid platen toward and from said duplicating pad.

8. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting aduplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said frame, a platen mounted on said carriage andmovable vertically thereon, a tray interposed between said platen andsaid duplicating pad for supporting a copy sheet in substantiallyhorizontal position and having an opennig therein through which aportion of the copy sheet is moved by said platen into copying relationwith said duplicating pad, a margin bar adjustably mounted on said trayadapted by engagement with an edge portion of a copy sheet to hold saidcopy sheet in adjusted position on the tray with different selectedportions of the copy sheet in position above said opening in the tray,and means for moving said platen toward and from said duplicating pad.

9. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting a duplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said ment with an edge portion of a copy sheet on thetray to control the position of the copy sheet with respect to theduplicating pad, and means for moving a platen toward and from saidduplicating pad;

10. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting a duplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said frame, a platen mounted on said carriage andmovable vertically thereon, a tray interposed between said platen andsaid duplicating pad for supporting a copy sheet in substantiallyhorizontal position and having an opening therein through which aportion of the copy sheet is moved by said platen into copying relationwith said duplicating pad, side bars on said tray having notchestherein, a margin bar adjustably mounted in said notches in transverseposition with respect to the machine adapted by engagement with an edgeportion of a copy sheet on the tray to control the position of the copysheet with respect to the duplicating pad, means for locking said marginbar releasably in adjusted position on said tray, and means for movingsaid platen toward and from said duplicating pad.

11. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting a duplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said frame, a platen mounted on said carriage andmovable vertically thereon, a tray interposed between said platen andsaid duplicating pad for supporting a copy sheet in substantiallyhorizontal position and having an opening therein through which aportion of the copy sheet is moved by said platen into copying relationwith said duplicating pad, side bars on said tray having notchestherein, a margin bar adjustably mounted in said notches in transverseposition with respect to the machine adapted by engagement with an edgeportion of a copy sheet on the tray to control the position of the copysheet with respect to the duplicating pad, spring clips adapted to beslid into position on said slide bars overlying the ends of said marginbar for holding said margin bar releasably in adjusted position, andmeans for moving said platen toward and from said duplicating pad.

12. In a duplicating machine, the combination of a frame, means formounting a duplicating pad on said frame, a carriage movable along saidduplicating pad, means for giving said carriage a step by step movementhorizontally on said frame, a platen mounted on said carriage andmovable vertically thereon, a tray interposed between said platen andsaid duplicating pad for supporting a copy sheet in substantiallyhorizontal position and having an opening therein through which aportion of the copy sheet is moved by said platen into copying relationwith said duplicating pad, a margin bar adjustably mounted on said trayadapted by engagement with an edge portion of a copy sheet to hold saidcopy sheet in adjusted position on the tray, pins carried by saidmarginbar in spaced relation to each other therealong and engagingcorrespondingly positioned openings in said tray, and

Y of a frame, means for mounting a duplicating pad on said frame, acarriage movable along said duplicating pad, means for giving saidcarriage a step by step movement horizontally on said frame, a platenmounted on said carriage and movable vertically thereon, a trayinterposed between said platen and said duplicating pad for supporting acopy sheet in substantially horizontal position and having an openingtherein through which a portion of the copy sheet is moved by saidplaten into copying relation with said duplicating pad, the forward edgeportion of said tray being in the form of a hingedly mounted leafadapted to be lifted for access to the duplicating pad therebelow,supporting wheels journaled on said leaf for assisting in supporting thetray, and means for moving said platen toward and from said duplicatingpad.

HUBERT JAGG-ER.

